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Exercises

30.1 Cover the opposite page. How many names of things in the countryside can you remember?

1 mountains

3 4
2 5

11

10 9 8 7 6

30.2 Fill the gaps in these sentences.

1 My brother is a farmer. He lives on a farm
2 It’s not a big house; it’s just a
3 The farm is near a which has 800 people.
4 Twenty kilometres from the village there is a small . It has 9,000 people.

30.3 Match the beginning of the sentences on the left with the ends of the sentences on the right.

1 We went swimming a sitting by the river.
2 We went walking b in the national park.
3 We went skiing c in the lake. The water was warm.
4 We saw some wonderful wildlife d along a five-kilometre path.
5 We had a picnic e down the mountain.

30.4 Put the in the sentences if necessary.

1 My parents live in the countryside.
2 He loves nature.
3 She wants to live in country.
4 They are interested in wildlife.

30.5 Describe the typical countryside where you come from. Write eight sentences about it.

Use these questions to help you.
1 Are there any woods or forests? There are some big forests.
2 Are there any hills or mountains?
3 Are there any lakes or rivers?

4 Are there many villages or small towns?
5 Are there farms?
6 Are there paths where you can walk?
7 Can you go skiing?
8 Can you see wildlife?

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